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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Original Contemporary Minimalist Large scale Texture painting Burnt Orange Oil
Located in Maricopa, AZ
"The Sacred Color" is an original minimalist oversized painting by the late Svetlana Shalygina. It is a part of the limited series sought after by interior designers for its ability ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Large Abstract Painting by Judy Wahl
By Judy Wahl
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled Judy Wahl Date: 1980 Acrylic on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 47.5 x 71 in. (120.65 x 180.34 cm) Frame Size: 48 x 71.5 inches
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Geometric Abstract Oil Painting Duanye Hatchett Original Modernist Early Work
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract painting by Duayne Hatchett from his Trowel Painting Series. Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed. Framed. Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work included print...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Haven - Green abstract floral painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
"Haven" is a green floral abstract painting dedicated to peace in a struggling world. It is an imaginary abstract landscape made with lush greens and earth tones, with hints of crims...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Notable Features
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov is an American artist of Russian origins. He is best known for his abstract oil paintings where calibrated stratifications of intense shades of colors are scraped to ex...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil, Pencil

Oliviers
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, titled and inventoried verso. 19.75 x 21 in. 23.25 x 24.25 in. (framed) ...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Winter Berry Diptych: Abstract Encaustic Painting, Dark Red on Beige Background
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract encaustic painting with brown branches with dark red berries against a light beige background "Winter Berry Diptych" made by Hudson Valley based artist, Allyson Levy, in 201...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Organic Material, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel

Vintage American Abstract Geometric Modernist Signed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract geometric signed oil painting by Paul Kelpe (1902 - 1985) . Oil on board. Vibrant color and confident composition. Framed. Artist Bio: A German arti...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Challenge, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 The Challenge, c. 1982 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 60 x 41.5 inches Richard Andres was...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Morning Story, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A blend of muted greens, grays, and earth tones evokes a moody landscape. The composition suggests a horizon where the sky meets a textured field. Bold brushstrokes and layered colors create a sense of depth and movement, capturing the essence of a landscape in transition. Hints of blue and orange add contrast and intrigue.


About the Artist
Artist Ronda Waiksnis captures nature's visceral beauty in her abstract and expressionist works. Embracing the capriciousness of the creative process, she allows her intuition to guide her, resulting in pieces that feel both organic and unrefined. "My paintings have been found, not built," says Ronda. Rarely using brushes, she applies layers of paint with large palette knives or her fingers, emphasizing the importance of balancing creative abandon and physical control. Ronda operates in a gloriously messy studio, a standalone building behind her house, with a powerful sound system that keeps the vibe carefree and intense. When she's not creating art, Ronda enjoys spending time with her loved ones, playing with her dogs, and savoring a glass of wine.


Words that describe this painting: expressive, muted, soft, gestural, stream...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Truth, Beauty, Goodness: Pink - Large Meditative Gold Leaf Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo presents a collection of artworks designed to engage viewers in a meditative experience, drawing them closer to the enduring ideals of truth, b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Coast Route - California Contemporary Realism Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. With a high level of technical virtuosity Keifer creates a new sense of reality with textures and colors that seem to add lighting effects and distinct shadows, confronting the viewer with new interpretations of familiar objects. This one-of-a-kind 12 inch square and 1.5-inch deep original artwork is a composition created with acrylic paint on canvas. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides are painted as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. It signed by the artist on the front of the artwork. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable Continental U.S. and global shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Kathleen’s paintings invite the viewer to consider the complex relationship between time and timelessness. It is the sheer visual interaction between the elements, taken in their bare simplicity that interests her. For her, painting captures the very essence of time and its passage. She believes that actual sites and places have an individual magic. The goal is to take objects from popular culture and paint them in a new narrative context. Her complex approaches to popular board games present the subjects as living, tangible objects. Born and raised in Chicago, Kathleen Keifer is a second-generation artist. Her mother, also a fine artist, exposed Keifer to the world of art and supervised her training from a very early age. This legacy continues today as Keifer closely nurtures the development of the artistic leaning in each of her three daughters, inspiring a third generation of female artists. Her works are represented by Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected internationally, including Chicago, New York and London. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITIONS 2023 “Postcards From Nowhere”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2022 “The Comforting Familiar”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2020 “Midnight Blue”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Morris Inn, Notre Dame, IN Malibu Beach House, Malibu, CA Bon Voyage, Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA Solo Exhibition, Jeffrey Breslow Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA Artspace Warehouse, CA 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY Affordable Art Fair London, UK Art Palm Springs, CA “Pop Futurism and Abstraction”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2016 Susan Schomburg gallery, Santa Monica, CA Jazz in the Pines, Idyllwild, CA 2015 Official artist of Chitag, Chicago Toy and Game Fair, Chicago, Il Jazz! Dion Gallery, Redondo Beach, CA Art 90266, LA 25, Manhattan Beach, C Political Commentary, Linus gallery, Long Beach and Pasadena, CA 2014 RETROspective, Coast Gallery, Long Beach, CA ArtHampton, Bridgehampton, NY The Pursuit of…, Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Art 90266, LA 25, Manhattan Beach, CA 2013 Pop meets Painterly, CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, CA University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Puzzles and Games, Liss Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2012 Art, Wine & Roses, Home Gallery, Malibu, CA Pop Meets Painterly, Oh My Godard Gallery, Atlantic City, NJ 2011 Beach Games, Riley Arts Gallery, Manhattan Beach, CA Art of The Game, Oh My Godard Gallery, Atlantic City NJ Art of The Game, Liss Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2010 Art of The Game, Gallery 319, Santa Monica, CA One Woman Show, Canfin Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Pond Life" Colorful Japanese Koi Fish & Water Lily Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
An impressionistic portrayal of Japanese Koi fish jubilantly depicted with movement and enthusiasm. In a burst of motion, the fish joyfully swim in the clear light blue waters, as th...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Partners - Abstract Colorful Figurative Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Etitinwo's unique approach to abstract figurative painting celebrates the unconventional beauty found in imperfection and awkwardness. The Nigerian-Swiss artist uses bold col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Shepard Fairey
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original artwork, acrylic on patchwork canvas. With a mixture of street, abstract and fine art influences, most of Joe's work is created using a blend of acrylics, spray paint and c...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Registros XI, Abstract Paintings. From the series Registros
Located in Miami Beach, FL
​Impressions of past lives, perceptions of future lives. The Records series carries that mystery. Simple and profound since its deed does not happen on the surface. Although it manif...
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, India Ink, Acrylic, Pigment

Playing In the Blue Cathedral. Contemporary Surfers Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Walshe goes surfing!
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Signs of Spring
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an abstract painting by Bianca Wellwood, an Irish American artist living in Los Angeles. It is not stretched so could be mailed in a tube. Further framing possible. Please c...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Signs of Spring
Signs of Spring
$2,920 Sale Price
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Pink Water Lilies: August, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero paints an emerald pool abundant with blooming water lilies. "I am fascinated by the three-fold nature of looking at the water's surface," says Onelio. He displays depth implied in the reflection of the sky, ripples, plants floating, and finally, the telltale signs of things just below the surface. Part of Onelio's ongoing series of paintings exploring bodies of water.


About the Artist
Artist Onelio Marrero paints impressionist city scenes of everyday life. He captures the romanticism of New York City, from the picturesque fountains in Central Park to a glistening city street on a rainy afternoon. He creates a sense of nostalgia and intimacy with his work, offering the feeling that you have visited this particular scene before. “Each play of light, each texture, and each movement of a figure can have a captivating effect on me,” says Onelio. He studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he mastered discerning color and values, giving his work a more spontaneous appearance. Onelio’s work is an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.


Words that describe this painting: water lily, lilies, Monet, pond, lake, lily pads, reflection, forest, flower, impressionism, water, plants, oilpaint, nature, impressionism, nature, oil painting, green


Pink Water...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Chasing Illusions
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic

"Not Your Average Hero" by Andreas Claussen, Surreal Astronaut Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Andreas Claussen’s "Not Your Average Hero" (2023) is a striking oil painting that blends surrealism and contemporary realism. Measuring 39.4 x 59 inches, this compelling work depicts...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mixed Media Collage Cut Painting Cecil Touchon Black White Assemblage Texas Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Cecil Touchon (1956-, Austin, Texas) FS3809ct16 Abstract Composition Framed ink and collage on heavy aquarelle Arches paper Hand inscribed lower center (these were typically signed v...
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Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint, Ink, Archival Paper

Why Can't I Cry
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series that is influenced by trying to find simplicity and beauty in todays chaotic world. I start each painting with a feeling; be it hope, despair, happi...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Charcoal, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil

Why Can't I Cry
Why Can't I Cry
$2,400 Sale Price
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Large Abstract Oil, Red and Black, Signed
By Gabriel Jenny
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red and Black By French artist Gabriel Jenny, 20th Century Oil painting on canvas, unframed Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Canvas size: 25.5 x 32 inches Dramati...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

A Collective Pulse
Located in Houston, TX
Terrell James A Collective Pulse, 2022 Oil on linen 29 x 42 in (73.7 x 106.7 cm)
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Signos, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 125 x 210 cm Signed FREE SHIPPING ROLLED UP About the artist Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Naci...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Wavelet" Fine Art Mirror
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract fine art mirror by Alina B is made with dichroic film on mirror, and is framed in a champagne-toned frame. The film on the mirror allows for it, and the space it reflec...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Mirror, Film

ABSTRACT Mirko Baricchi Oil Gestural Landscapes Flora Earth Tones Mixed media
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mirko Baricchi (born 1970) is an accomplished Italian painter who currently lives and works between Vicenza and La Spezia, regions located in Veneto and Liguria, Italy, respectively....
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Northern Michigan Woods, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Sally Adams shares a dreamlike view of a trail going through an autumnal forest. She draws inspiration from a reference phot...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Take A Breath From Your Mind, flowers, landscape, pink, burgundy, Joan Mitchell
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is from my series titled "The Untethered Soul." This series delves into the transformative power of nature, capturing the essence of what one feels rather than sees. In...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1972 Original CHALK DRAWING Mujer Sentada Mexican Mixed Media painting
Located in New York, NY
The Costa Rican artist Francisco Zuniga (1912-1998) took, for a short while, drawing lessons at the Art School of San Jos, before he worked from 1928 to 1934 in his father's business...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Chalk, Mixed Media

#1625 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
#1625 (Abstract painting) Oil on Canvas - Unframed. Boecker begins each new work by penciling in his composition. But the work ultimately is about the colors and layers that will ev...
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist figurative portrait acrylic on paper "Inner Dialogue"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressive portrait, "Inner Dialogue", was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot in 2025 in her studio in Lyon, France. Through fluid, indistinct stro...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Bird on green background
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures the viewer's attention at first glance: a refined bird with a striking crest is depicted with a deep appreciation for detail and a delicate sense of color. The...
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Day of the Swans (vertical gestural abstract oil on canvas in green and red)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract oil painting on canvas with pastel palette with red and green “Day of the Swans”, painted by Ragellah Rourke in 2021 48 x 36 inches, oil on canvas Sides are cleanly painted so additional framing is optional Wire backing for easy hanging Artist signature located on the back This contemporary, abstract painting was created by Hudson Valley based artist, Ragellah Rourke in 2021. Her most recent body of work focuses on relationships between color and space. Elements of symbolism, reminiscent of Gustav Klimt, decorate the composition with abstract markings and calligraphic gestural brushwork. Warm yellow and red tones with hints of green radiate upwards into a background of white, recalling the awaking the nature during the beginning of spring. There is wire installed on the back for easy hanging. The painting’s sides are cleanly painted so additional framing is optional. Artist Statement: My paintings are very textural and built up slowly over long periods of time. The surface holds the memory of the painting’s development, all the time looking for clues for what will come next. I look for connections between the forms that develop. They are never something that I logically calculate, but rather a long string of chances, thoughts, and guesses. The appearance and meaning develop throughout the progression of the painting. It is a continuous search for resolution, balance and mystery within the painting. Artist CV: 1963 Born Albany, NY 1998 BA Painting, The University at Albany, State University of New York Residing: East Berne, NY SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2012 Carrie Haddad Gallery...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Red Icarus on canvas
Located in Southampton, NY
Louisa Chase’s work is represented in the permanent collections of a number of major museums, the Whitney Museum of Art in New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA), the Me...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Retrato Fondo Negro, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 106 x 106 cm Signed FREE SHIPPING ROLLED UP About the artist Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Naci...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Easy Over by Murray Duncan, Abstract Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Easy Over by Murray Duncan is a striking abstract composition that merges bold gestural lines with an earthy, textured surface. Rendered in a muted, organic palette, the piece evokes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Glaze, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Hypnotic, green, cubism, blue, turquoise, taupe, contemporary, modern
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is from my series titled "Convergence". This is a captivating series that explores the concept of deconstruction through a unique interplay of lines and color. Rather t...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Acrylic

Wildflower Celebration - Painting Abundant Color Floral Mother Earth Striking
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Wildflower Celebration Exclusive Original Painting Abundant Colorful Floral Investment Striking Divine Texture Impressionist Landscape Nature A joyful gift for Mother's day...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Contemporary Black New Abstract Dots Colors Artist Christina Gschwantner
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Christina Gschwantner combines contrasting art movements such as Art Informel and Minimal Art. She succeeds in depicting and creating her very own view of the world. A world that, ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

#238, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request. Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Pigment

Symphony 3 by M.Y., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting size 90cm x 200cm (35,43in x78,74in) un-stretched, no frame. The original size of the canvas 100cm x 210cm (39,37in x 82,68in). the painting is with extra canvas on the sid...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Contemporary impressionist expressive floral painting paper "Roses in light"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This expressive and vibrant floral painting of roses, created by the contemporary French artist Natalya Mougenot, is a dynamic representation of nature’s energy. Born in Kazakhstan i...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Shoreline No 3 - Three Greys & Pink
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Shoreline No 3 - Three Greys & Pink 1975 Oil on paper Image: 11.5 x 17.5 cm Frame: 32.4 x 36.2 cm Provenance: The George and Ann Dannatt Estate, T...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Kennan, Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper by Todd Boppel, 1977
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Todd Boppel, American (1934 - 2000) Title: Kennan Year: 1977 Medium: Acrylic on Paper, signed and dated verso Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Vessel and Bouquet on Pink Table by Ellen Rolli, Contemporary Still Life, Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brighten your space with Vessel and Bouquet on Pink Table, a charming 12 x 12-inch acrylic painting by the talented Ellen Rolli. This captivating piece blends bold color and expressi...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dark Vessel with House Plant by Ellen Rolli, Contemporary Still Life
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Dark Vessel with House Plant' by Ellen Rolli is a charming still life composition rendered in mixed media on paper. Measuring 12 x 9 in, this piece showcases the artist's distinctiv...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Art by Contemporary British Painter
Located in Preston, GB
Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Painter Angela Wakefield - a rare early work. Entitled 'Accrington #2',...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, ...

Untitled XLII by Ferle - Large abstract painting, grey and black, dark tones
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled XLII is a unique oil on free-standing canvas painting by contemporary artist Ferle, dimensions are 280 × 200 cm (110.2 × 78.7 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and c...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Registros y llagas, nenúfares y un pájaro. From The Series Registros
Located in Miami Beach, FL
​Impressions of past lives, perceptions of future lives. The Records series carries that mystery. Simple and profound since its deed does not happen on the surface. Although it manif...
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Jill Campbell, Fell 13, Abstract Art, Affordable Art, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jill Campell Fell 13 Original Landscape Painting Acrylic on canvas Image Size: H 40cm x W 40cm x D 1.5cm Framed Size: H 43cm x W 43cm x D 3cm Sold Framed (Wooden White Float Frame) F...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

My Inner Child Garden - Large Soft Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"1408 Antique Gold Series" Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Clay, Acrylic

Large French 20th Century Abstract Landscape Rolling Hills & Lush Valleys
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed, inscribed verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 18 x 22 inches condition: overall ver...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Impressionist Oil Painting of a Lady in Aquamarine
By Nathalie Poz
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Impressionist Oil Painting of a Lady in Aquamarine French School, Nathalie Poz, contemporary Signed by the artist on the lower right hand...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Radiant Abstraction', Kinetogenics, AIC, SFMoMA, SFMA, São Paulo Biennial
By Richard Irving Bowman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Radiant Abstraction' by Richard Bowman, 1962. Kinetogenics, Art Institute of Chicago, SFMoMA, San Francisco Museum of Art, São Paulo Biennial ---- Signed lower left, 'R. Bowman' for Richard Irving Bowman (American, 1918-2001), titled, 'Kg. 55' (Kinetogenics 55) and dated February 1962. Additionally titled, on stretcher bar verso, 'Kg 55'. Accompanied by a first edition copy of 'Richard Bowman: Radiant Abstractions', by Patricia Watts and Stefanie De Winter, published 2018. Richard Bowman's work is featured in the July/August 2024 issue of Architectural Digest, in an article titled, 'Inside a 1920s LA Respite, Re-envisioned by Jamie Bush. Richard Bowman was awarded a scholarship to study at the Art Institute of Chicago and received his Bachelor's degree in 1942. He subsequently attended the University of Iowa, receiving his Master's degree in 1945. Over the course of a long and distinguished career, Bowman exhibited internationally with success and was the recipient of numerous gold medals, prizes and juried awards. With the Kinetogenics Series, which he began in 1956, Bowman explored the intersection of color and light using contemporary advances in light theory and fluorescence technology. "For this series, he started using fluorescent enamel alkyd paint, which, Bowman stated, emitted an actual, measurable energy from the canvas. He combines his early concept of elemental radiants with the gestures of a mature Abstract Expressionist. Incorporating bold fluorescent strokes of orange, yellow and blue, which are activated by the ultraviolet in daylight, Bowman's new abstractions represented a synthesis of the physical and sensorial transmissions of energy. The combination of the artist's interests in nuclear physics, atoms, and dynamism with these vibrant colors reflected Bowman's increasing confidence as an unconventional artist working in an unconventional medium." (Richard Bowman: Radiant Abstractions, p. 13) "The 'kinetogenic' series which Bowman has been painting recently, are whorls of pure energy in colors from the violet edges of the spectrum in vibrant relationship to the vivid primaries of the center. These paintings have much less sense of place or landscape than Bowman paintings we have seen before. The “Environs” group accompanying the energy pictures in this exhibition, are, on the other hand, specific about place: are of flower beds and branches of trees, painted with the same brilliant color intensity. This use of vibrant colors gives an all-over electric, textural effect in contrast to the after-image jump which obtains when the vibrants are painted flat and geometric. This textural mosaic effect is close to the vision of heat and passionate rhythm which was central to pre-Columbian art, and is still present in the Mexican arts and crafts, which were one of Bowman’s formative sources. It is interesting to note that several of the painters who have influenced many others to experiment with vibrancy and glow in color, found their own impetus in this direction while painting in Mexico. Bowman was one of the painters who was working with fluorescents when the general tendency was to paint with muck. One feels that using color thus leads the artist, as it did his pre-Columbian esthetic ancestors, in the direction where the ecstatic becomes mystic." (courtesy: Artforum, April 1964) Thomas Albright writes of the artist, "Visiting Mexico on a traveling fellowship in the early 1940s, [Bowman] met Gordon Onslow-Ford, with whom he renewed a friendship after moving to San Mateo County in the early 1950s. His paintings, although gestural and abstract, were close in spirit to those of the Dynaton artists than to the mainstream of Abstract Expressionism. They constituted an intensely lyrical and metaphorical abstract Impressionism inspired by Bonnard and an intimacy with the natural environment. Bowman was also influenced by jazz improvisation and the jazz poetry of Kenneth Patchen, a close friend" (p. 263) EDUCATION Art Institute of Chicago, BFA, 1944 University of Iowa, MFA, 1949 AWARDS 1942 Edward L. Ryerson Foreign Traveling Fellowship, Art Institute of Chicago (Mexico) 1945 William M. R. French Memorial Gold Medal, Art Institute of Chicago 1952 Modern Painting Prize, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1972 Gift of Time Grant, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1945 The Pinacotheca Gallery (Rose Fried Gallery) New York 1946 Milwaukee Art Institute, Wisconsin 1949 Swetzoff Gallery, Boston 1949 Bern Porter Gallery, Sausalito, CA 1950 Kinetic ... A commentary on the relationship of SCIENCE and ART. Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 1956 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 1957-1977 (every 18 months) Rose Rabow Galleries, San Francisco 1961 Richard Bowman: Paintings and Reflections.1943-1961. San Francisco Museum of Art 1970 Richard Bowman: Paintings from 1966-1970. San Francisco Museum of Art 1972 Richard Bowman: Paintings, 1943-1972. Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico. Traveled to the Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1972; and Sacred Heart Convent Gallery, Menlo Park, 1972 1986 Richard Bowman: Forty Years of Abstract Painting. Harcourts Modern Gallery, San Francisco 2000 Rock and Sun: Richard Bowman's Pioneer Abstractions of the 1940s. Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco 2019 Radiant Abstractions, Curated by Patricia Watts. the Landing Gallery, Los Angeles TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 1945 Room of Chicago Art: Paintings by Richard Bowman and Russell Woeltz. Art Institute of Chicago. 1947 Joan Mitchell and Richard Bowman: Oil Paintings. Harry and Della Burpee Art Gallery, Rockford, Illinois. Traveled to University of Illinois. Sponsored by Rockford Art Association. 1959 Gordon Onslow Ford and Richard Bowman. San Francisco Museum of Art 1990 Independent Abstraction: A Survey of Paintings by Richard Bowman and Emerson Woelffer. Harcourts Modern & Contemporary Art, San Francisco. SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1943 Ras-Martin Gallery, Mexico City 1945 56th Annual American Exhibition of Oil Paintings. Art Institute of Chicago 1945 Art of This Century Gallery, New York 1947–48 Abstract and Surrealist American Art: Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture. Art Institute of Chicago. Curators: Daniel Catton Rich, Frederick A. Sweet, and Katherine Kuh. Catalogue. 1948 Fourth Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art. State University of Iowa, Iowa City. Organized by Lester D. Longman. Included Milton Avery, Max Beckmann, Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, Hans Hofmann, and others. Brochure. 1948 Joslyn Memorial Art Museum, Omaha, NE 1949 2nd Biennial Exhibition of Paintings and Prints. Walker Art Center, juried show, Minneapolis, 1949. Brooklyn Museum. 1951 [Group exhibition of University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, artists.] Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Included William McCloy, Robert Gadbois, John Kacere, and other instructors from the School or Art, University of Manitoba. 1952 Sixty-ninth Annual Spring Show. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Bowman awarded Modern Painting Prize. 1953 Annual Exhibition of Canadian Painting. The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Included John Kacere, William McCloy, Roland Wise, and Takao Tanabe. 1953 Winnipeg Group. Vancouver Art Gallery. Included William McCloy, John Kacere, Cecil Richards, Roland Wise. 1953–54 São Paulo Biennial of Modern Art, Second edition. Canadian section. Traveled to Caracas, Venezuela, and the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City. Catalogue. 1954 [Group exhibition of Winnipeg artists.] Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Included Oscar Cah n, William McCloy, and Cecil Richards. 1954 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto 1958 Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles 1959 Rabow Galleries, San Francisco. Included Julius Wasserstein, Gordon Onslow Ford, and Fred Reichman. June 18, 1960 David Cole Gallery, Inverness, CA. Included Ruth Awasa, John Baxter, Nankoku Hidai, Onslow Ford, Fritz Rauh, David Simpson, and Jean Varda. 1961 Paintings from the Pacific: Japan, America, Australia, & New Zealand. Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand. Catalogue. 1961–62. Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture. Fine Arts Gallery, Carnegie Institute. 1962 50 California Artists. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Art, with assistance of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Traveled to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY; and Des Moines Art Center, IA. Catalogue. February 1966 Contrasts. San Francisco Art Institute. Included Hassel Smith, Gordon Onslow Ford, and Ruth Asawa. October 1967 Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco. Included Lee Mullican, Fred Reichman, Amalia Schulthess, and John Baxter. 1975 Gallery 865, San Francisco 1976 Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 1978 Creation. Galerie Schreiner, Basel, Switzerland. Included Joan Mir , Fritz Rauh, John Anderson, Ruth Asawa, J.B. Blunk, Roberto Matta, Lee Mullican, Gordon Onslow Ford, Wolfgang Paalen, Fritz Rauh, Yves Tanguy, and others. Accompanying book by Onslow Ford. 1984 A Personal Selection/Collection. David Cole Gallery, Inverness, CA. Forty-eight artists including Richard Diebenkorn, Claire Falkenstein, Richard Faralla, Sam Francis, Arthur Holman, Frank Lobdell, Ed Moses, Gordon Onslow Ford, Fritz Rauh, David Simpson, Amalia Schulthess, Jean Varda, Jack Wright, J.B. Blunk. 1987 Visions of Inner Space: Gestural Painting in Modern American Art. Wight Gallery, UCLA. Fifteen artists including Sam Francis, Morris Graves, John Anderson, Lee Mullican, Gordon Onslow Ford, Mark Tobey, and Ed Moses. Co-curated by Merle Schipper and Lee Mullican. Catalogue. Traveled to National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India, 1988 1997 Through the Light: An Exploration into Consciousness. Arts and Consciousness Gallery, John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, California. Curated by Farbiba Bogzaran. Catalogue. 1998 Lee Mullican Memorial Exhibtion. Herbert Palmer Gallery, Los Angeles. 2007 The Rose Rabow Galleries Retrospective: 1959-1977. The 8 Gallery, San Franicsco. 2008 Landscapes of Consciousness: A Circle of Artists at the Beginning of Lucid Art. Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco. Included Gordon Onslow Ford, Fritz Rauh, John Anderson, and Jack Wright. Catalogue. 2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, the Landing Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 2018 Ship of Dreams: Artists, Poets, and Visionaries of the S.S. Vallejo. Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA. Catalogue. 2019 FOG Design+Art. the Landing Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2020 FOG Design+Art. the Landing Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2022 FOG Design+Art. the Landing Gallery, San Francisco, CA MUSEUM COLLECTIONS Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan Oakland Museum of California San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California The Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia BOOKS AND CATALOGUES 1947 Rich, Daniel Catton. Abstract and Surrealist American Art: Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago. 1948 Fourth Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Iowa City: State University of Iowa. 1956 Porter, Bern. Kinetic: A commentary on the relation of Science and Art in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Richard Bowman. Palo Alto: Stanford University Art Gallery. 1986 Kim Eagles-Smith, ed. Richard Bowman: Forty Years of Abstract Painting. San Francisco: Harold Parker in association with Harcourts Modern Gallery, Inc. 1961 Culler, George D. Richard Bowman, Paintings and Reflections, 1943-1901. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art. 1962 Culler, George D. 50 California Artists. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art. 1972 Nordland, Gerald. Richard Bowman, Paintings, 1943-1972, Roswell, NM: Roswell Museum and Art Center. 1978 Onslow Ford, Gordon. Creation. Basel: Galerie Schreiner. 1987 Schipper, Merle. Visions of Inner Space: Gestural Painting in Modern American Art. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, UCLA. With introduction by Lee Mullican. 1997 Bogzaran, Fariba. Through the Light: An Exploration into Consciousness. San Francisco: Dream Creations. 2008 Bogzaran, Fariba. Landscapes of Consciousness: A Circle of Artists at the Beginning of Lucid Art. San Francisco: Weinstein Gallery. 2018 Bogzaran, Fariba, ed. Artists, Poets, and Visionaries of the S.S. Vallejo: 1949-1969. Inverness, CA: Lucid Art Foundation. ARTICLES AND REVIEWS [Review of Solo Exhibition at The Pinacotheca Gallery.] Art News. March 1945. “Joan Mitchell, Richard Bowman Open TwoMan Show Tomorrow at Art Association Meeting.” Rockford Morning Star (IL). January 1947. Robert Ayre. [Review of Exhibition, Montreal Mu-seum of Fine Arts.] Montreal Daily Star. 1951. Ben Metcalfe. "Varsity Art Shock —A Morbid Hoax?" Winnipeg Tribune, December 3, 1951. Beverly Wright. "Richard Bowman, abstract painter, has one-man show at Stanford Gallery." Palo Alto Times. February 17, 1956. "Atomic Art Show at Stanford." San Francisco Chronicle. February, 19, 1956. "P.A. Artist Portrays Energy in Oils." San Jose Mercury News. July 25, 1958. Neita Crain Farmer. "A Solitary Voice: Richard Bowman's Paintings Say Something, In A New Way." Palo Alto Times. May 30, 1959. Barbara Bladen. "Dick Bowman's Paintings Show Atomic Awareness," San Mateo Times. July 18, 1959. Arthur Bloomfield. "Two Top Painters at San Francisco Museum." San Francisco Call Bulletin. July 31, 1959. Alfred Frankenstein. "Slow and Fast Sculpture and Kinetogenics." San Francisco Chronicle. May 24, 1959. "Paintings on Display: Bowman and Onslow Ford Show." San Francisco Weekly. July 1959. Herman Wong. "Bowman's Art Seen At Show, Artist Builds Studio Near Hillside House." Red-wood City Tribune, September 15, 1960. Dean Wallace. "Four Bring Their Art to Perfec-tion." San Francisco Chronicle. September 30, 1960. Dean Wallace. "A Painter Looks at the Atom." San Francisco Chronicle. May 29, 1961. Alfred Frankenstein. [Review of retrospective at San Francisco Museum of Art.] San Francisco Chronicle. November 12, 1961. "International Art." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday Magazine. October 29, 1961. "Pacific Paintings Show Common Character-istics." The Press (Auckland, New Zealand). August 5, 1961. Naomi Baker. "San Francisco's Art Is Viewed." San Diego Evening Tribune. January 26, 1962. John Canaday. "Visitors From the West." New York Times. October 28, 1962. Arthur Bloomfield. "Lost in a World They Were Never Made For." San Francisco News-Call Bulletin. August 3, 1963. Arthur Bloomfield. "Bowman Paints His Own Path." San Francisco News-Call Bulletin. February 11, 1964. "The Rockford Fifty States of Art Exhibition." Palo Alto Times. October 5, 1965. Alfred Frankenstein. "Bowman's Radiant Ab-stract Art." San Francisco Chronicle. November 12, 1965. Thomas Albright. "A Kind of Non-Art Show: Brilliant Work by Bowman." San Francisco Chronicle, February 14, 1970. Paul Emerson, "Menlo Gallery Shows Bow-man Art: Major Retrospective Show." Palo Alto Times. October 6, 1972. Arthur Bloomfield. "A Luxuriant Impact to Bowman Paintings." San Francisco Examiner. November 20, 1972. Thomas Albright. "Two Artists Views of Na-ture." San Francisco Chronicle. October 9, 1974. Arthur Bloomfield. "All But the Kitchen Sink." San Francisco Examiner. September 24, 1974. Thomas Albright. "Realism Moves In." San Francisco Chronicle. Thursday, September 4, 1975. Suzanne Muchnic. "Inspired Visions of Inner Worlds at UCLA." Los Angeles Times. January 10, 1988. Reference: Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 1, page 404; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 2, page 701; Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945-1980, Thomas Albright, University of California Press, 1985, page 263; A Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists, Paul Cummings, St. Martin’s Press: New York 1966, page 66-67; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Supplement, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1940, page 31; Richard Bowman: Radiant Abstractions, essays by Patricia Watts and Stefanie De Winter, published by Watts...
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